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How To Get Yourself Stick To Your Workout Routine With An Easy Trick?

I saw my cousin sister putting her toys back to her room after she finished playing with it. While adult teaches the kids to put things away after they are done, I myself do not actually follow such rule. I keep my gym bag and shoes close to the door where I get my house keys. I have been doing it since 4 years ago. The reason I do that is to ensure the bag and shoes are more visible so that I will more likely to pick them up to go a workout. Every time I want to go out, I will see the bag and shoes and I will tell myself not forget to work out for that particular day.

I have also seen people putting dumbbells close to the television set. During commercial breaks, they will do few sets of biceps curl. Of course, you can have the dumbbells in your kitchen too. While waiting for the coffee to brew, do few sets of lateral raises. So, instead of having weighing scale in the living room or bathroom, put something there you can exercise, like mat or medicine ball.

I don’t have dumbbells at home. So, to get over the “out of sight, out of mind” issue, I just make sure the gym bags and sport shoes are close to the main door – a trick which has been working well for me for the past 4 years.

I completely agree and yes. I have a dumbell set by the sofa in front of the TV. One by my working desk. My gym bag has a spot by the sofa nearest to the door and my gym shoes x 4 sets are lined up in high visibility just by the door.

i packed everything the night before and leave it on the sofa in my living hall. that’s the first thing i see when i walked out of my room. been doing this for the past 2 years, it has worked successfully, even on those “i feel lazy” days.. :D

For me, the easiest way is to work out first thing in the morning – no excuse. If I work out in the evening it’ll be a “bonus”. And if I don’t work out in the evening, at least I did my dues in the morning.

I make exercise “easy to access”, meaning they’re all at home. I have aerobics DVDs and a stationery bike, which I use when watching TV.

I don’t need to have anything placed in front of me to remind me to go to the gym. I have my gym schedule all planned out in my week’s schedule. So I know exactly when to go gym, and there’s no chance of missing it : )

Having a personal trainer helped me go to the gym more regularly than when I didn’t have one. Because there’s some accountability, and I’m gonna be standing someone up if I don’t show up that day. I also stacked my gym bag with “goodies”, like a nice shampoo, bath gel, lotion etc. I like going to the gym as it is, but these little things even add to my enthusiasm for it.